[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 125 (Thursday, September 16, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D959-D961]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                       Thursday, September 16, 2010

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed H.R. 5297, Small Business Lending Fund Act, as 
      amended.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7143-S7186
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3793-3801, and S. Res. 626-629.           
  Pages S7174-75
Measures Reported:
  H.R. 3980, to provide for identifying and eliminating redundant 
reporting requirements and developing meaningful performance metrics 
for homeland security preparedness grants, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 111-291)
  S. 2739, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide 
for the establishment of the Puget Sound Program Office, with an 
amendment. (S. Rept. No. 111-292)
  H.R. 4715, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to 
reauthorize the National Estuary Program, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 111-293)
  S. 3799, making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2011. (S. Rept. No. 111-294)
  S. 3800, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2011. (S. Rept. No. 111-295)
  S. 3717, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment 
Company Act of 1940, and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to provide 
for certain disclosures under section 552 of title 5, United States 
Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act). 
                                                             Page S7174
Measures Passed:
  Small Business Lending Fund Act: By 61 yeas to 38 nays (Vote No. 
237), Senate passed H.R. 5297, to create the Small Business Lending 
Fund Program to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to make capital 
investments in eligible institutions in order to increase the 
availability of credit for small businesses, to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for small business job 
creation, as amended, after taking action on the following amendments 
and motion proposed thereto:                             
  Pages S7144-58
Adopted:
  Reid (for Baucus/Landrieu) Amendment No. 4594, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                       
Pages S7144, S7150-58
Withdrawn:
  Reid (for Nelson (FL)) Modified Amendment No. 4595 (to Amendment No. 
4594), to exempt certain amounts subject to other information reporting 
from the information reporting provisions of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act.                                 
Pages S7144, S7149
  Reid (for Johanns) Modified Amendment No. 4596 (to Amendment No. 
4595), to repeal the expansion of information reporting requirements 
for payments of $600 or more to corporations.        
Pages S7144, S7149
  Reid Amendment No. 4597 (to the language proposed to be stricken by 
Amendment No. 4594), to change the enactment date.   
Pages S7144, S7149
  Reid Amendment No. 4598 (to Amendment No. 4597), of a perfecting 
nature.                                              
Pages S7144, S7149
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 41 yeas to 58 nays (Vote No. 234), two-thirds of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to suspend Rule XXII, Paragraph 2, of the Standing 
Rules of the Senate, with respect to Grassley proposed amendment No. 
4433, to extend expiring tax incentives for biodiesel and renewable 
diesel.                                                      
Page S7149
  By 51 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. 235), two-thirds of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to suspend Rule XXII, Paragraph 2, of the Standing 
Rules of the Senate, with respect to Hatch proposed motion to commit 
the bill to the Committee on Finance with instructions to report the 
same back to

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the Senate with changes to make permanent the research credit under 
section 41 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1996.         
Pages S7149-50
  By 61 yeas to 38 nays (Vote No. 236), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on the bill.           
Page S7158
  National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010: Senate 
passed H.R. 6102, to amend the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2010 to extend the authority of the Secretary of the Navy 
to enter into multiyear contracts for F/A-18E, F/A-18F, and EA-18G 
aircraft.                                                    
  Page S7181
  The American Legion Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 627, designating 
September 16, 2010, as ``The American Legion Day''.      
  Pages S7181-82
  10th Anniversary of the National Book Festival: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 628, recognizing the 10th Anniversary of the National Book 
Festival.                                                    
  Page S7182
  Hispanic Heritage Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 629, recognizing 
Hispanic Heritage Month and celebrating the heritage and culture of 
Latinos in the United States and their immense contributions to the 
Nation.                                                  
  Pages S7182-83
Measures Considered:
  National Defense Authorization Act--Agreement: Senate began 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 3454, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2011 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year.                
  Pages S7158-68
   A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to 
proceed to consideration of the bill, and, in accordance with the 
provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, and 
pursuant to the unanimous-consent agreement of September 16, 2010, a 
vote on cloture will occur at 2:15 p.m., on Tuesday, September 21, 
2010, and that on Tuesday, September 21, Senate resume consideration of 
the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill following a period 
of morning business, with the time until 12:30 p.m., equally divided 
and controlled between Senators Levin and McCain, or their designees. 
                                                             Page S7159
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that Senate 
resume consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the 
bill at approximately 3 p.m., on Monday, September 20, 2010. 
                                                         Pages S7183-84
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the continuation of the 
national emergency with respect to persons who commit, threaten to 
commit, or support terrorism that was established in Executive Order 
13224 on September 21, 2006; which was referred to the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-66)                 
Page S7172
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Francisco J. Sanchez, of Florida, to be Under Secretary of Commerce 
for International Trade.
  Barbara Short Haskew, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 
2014.
  Neil G. McBride, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 
2013.
  Jill Long Thompson, of Indiana, to be a Member of the Farm Credit 
Administration Board, Farm Credit Administration, for a term expiring 
May 21, 2014.
  Charles P. Blahous, III, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for a term of 
four years.
  Charles P. Blahous, III, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund for 
a term of four years.
  Charles P. Blahous, III, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and 
the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund for a term of four years.
  Robert D. Reischauer, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for a term of 
four years.
  Robert D. Reischauer, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and 
the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund for a term of four years.
  Robert D. Reischauer, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund for 
a term of four years.
  Joshua Gotbaum, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the 
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
  William B. Sansom, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 
2014.

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  Marilyn A. Brown, of Georgia, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 
2012.
  Elisabeth Ann Hagen, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of 
Agriculture for Food Safety.
  Dennis J. Toner, of Delaware, to be a Governor of the United States 
Postal Service for the remainder of the term expiring December 8, 2012.
  J. Patricia Wilson Smoot, of Maryland, to be a Commissioner of the 
United States Parole Commission for a term of six years.
  Sara Louise Faivre-Davis, of Texas, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation.
  Lowell Lee Junkins, of Iowa, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation.
  Myles J. Watts, of Montana, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation.
  Richard M. Lobo, of Florida, to be Director of the International 
Broadcasting Bureau, Broadcasting Board of Governors.
  Michael C. Camunez, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce.
  Mimi E. Alemayehou, of the District of Columbia, to be Executive Vice 
President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.
  Carl Wieman, of Colorado, to be an Associate Director of the Office 
of Science and Technology Policy.
  Robert M. Orr, of Florida, to be United States Director of the Asian 
Development Bank, with the rank of Ambassador.
  Catherine E. Woteki, of the District of Columbia, to be Under 
Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics.
  Mark Feierstein, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development.
  Nisha Desai Biswal, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development.                                         
Pages S7180, S7186
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  George Albert Krol, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Uzbekistan.
  Charles M. Oberly III, of Delaware, to be United States Attorney for 
the District of Delaware for the term of four years.
  2 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, and Navy.        
Pages S7184-86
Messages from the House:                                    
  Pages S7172
Measures Referred:                                       
  Pages S7172-73
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                     
  Pages S7143, S7173
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S7173, S7183
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S7173-74
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S7174
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7175-76
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S7176-79
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S7171-72
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S7179
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S7179-80
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--237) 
                                                  Pages S7149-50, S7158
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 4:13 p.m., 
until 2 p.m. on Monday, September 20, 2010. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S7184.)